Once upon a time there were six sisters and their names were Dreamy, Sweety, Sassy, Brainy, Beauty and Baby.  (Any resemblance that these fictional characters may have to my own dear sistahs is purely coincidental, I’m just saying.)

Dreamy had a talent for doing what she was told and Sweety was very helpful all the time. Sassy was born wailing and grew up to speak her mind and Brainy was so smart that she just knew to keep quiet. Beauty was calm and easy going and Baby was just that, the baby.

All of the sisters were all born one right after another, bing, bing, bing, at a time when people were pretty hopeful and happy and having many babies was considered the right thing to do.  They lived in a small but sturdy house with just one bathroom, one telephone and one car to share, if you can imagine that.